The United Nations Global Compact Leaders’ Summit opened this week bringing together thousands of business leaders, stakeholders, activists, and policymakers, to take action on the SDGs and shape the future. Under the theme the world we want, the 2022 #LeadersSummit…

The World Health Organization (WHO), says the death toll from the covid19 pandemic in Africa is expected to fall by nearly 94 percent by end of the year. The WHO Africa regional office citing the analysis, published this week in…

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has expressed fears over the upsurge in armed robbery and other violent crimes being recorded in parts of the country.  This follows the killing of one of its members, Richard Badombie, by armed men in…

The head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, Samuel Kanu, has been freed after being abducted on Sunday, a church official confirmed. He was traveling with two other priests on a highway in the south-eastern state of Abia when they…

Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum has been detailing the situation of internally displaced persons in Niger and the Government's efforts to bring them back to their homes, particularly in the Diffa region.  During the AU summit that ended over the weekend,…

The United Nations on Monday urged Guinea to lift a ban on political protests that the country's military rulers introduced earlier this month. A military junta has led Guinea since army officers led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya ousted elected president…

The UN’s Malian mission, MINUSMA, says civilian deaths and rights abuses attributable to the Malian armed forces and backed by “foreign military elements” surged in the first quarter of 2022. According to a report released on Monday, there was a…